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Author: Mike Swanson
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Timestamp: 2026-06-18 05:58:48
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name: prefer-ssh-over-rmm
description: When a machine has SSH available and SSH is easier, prioritize SSH over driving it through the GuruRMM agent
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type: feedback
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When a target machine has **SSH available** (e.g. key auth already set up) and the task is easier over SSH, **prioritize SSH over the GuruRMM agent**. Drive it with the system OpenSSH (`C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe` / `scp.exe`) — `scp` the script over, run it via `ssh`.
**Why:** SSH runs as a real interactive user, which avoids RMM's pitfalls: RMM commands run as **SYSTEM** (git "dubious ownership", credential-context gaps) and are bound by the **server-side command-timeout reaper** (long jobs get killed mid-run — and a killed RMM command can leave an orphaned child process). RMM also forces base64/PowerShell-quoting gymnastics for every script. SSH sidesteps all of it.
**How to apply:** for a machine with SSH, default to `scp script + ssh run` (keep SSH commands simple — cmd-native or `node absolute-path.js`; complex nested PowerShell-over-SSH quoting hangs). Reserve **RMM as the fallback** when SSH/VPN to the target is down — RMM is agent-out to the GuruRMM cloud, so it stays reachable even when a direct VPN flaps (and is the only option on machines without SSH). Confirm SSH reachability first; fall back to RMM on connect timeout.
Example: Dataforth AD2 — `ssh sysadmin@192.168.0.6` (key auth, vault `[[reference_unifi_site_manager_api]]`-style entry at `clients/dataforth/ad2`). [[feedback_windows_quote_stripping]]